Anybody know when the A321XLR will start coming in? Used to be later this year, not sure if that's still the plan. Given that they're going through the trouble of bringing 752s out of storage and refitting them with the new cabin I wonder if they might be facing some delays. None this year and the ...
Jump to postWe will likely get an official update next week with the earnings release and Investor Update on the 16th followed by the investor call on the 17th. That’s unless UA holds some announcements for the scheduled Investor Day on May 1. Either way, there’s updates coming soon. ir.united.com The investor...
Jump to postWhat is the current revised delivery plan for United this year? We will likely get an official update next week with the earnings release and Investor Update on the 16th followed by the investor call on the 17th. That’s unless UA holds some announcements for the scheduled Investor Day on May 1. Eit...
Jump to postThe HD 777A’s are quite literally some of the first 777s ever built. They are all pushing 30 years old. There were about 4 77Es converted to domestic use later on. Well UA was the launch customer so that makes sense :) 77A's (G & M's) 1995 - 6 1996 - 7 2000 - 6 (pmUA acquired these 6 specifical...
Jump to postYup, the FlightAware track has them down to 300 before aborting, so it's safe to assume it was shear/microburst related. Is anyone else confused about how 22 injuries result from a shear/turbulence encounter essentially on landing? Yes. Why were they not buckled in? And if they were, how did gettin...
Jump to postfreakyrat wrote:During the NCAA Football season United runs a lot of Fan Flights for the major college games. Wonder how any FAA route restrictions would affect these.
Welcome back Ted, rawr! We love 18” all economy 767’s! Am I counting correct? I see 9 windows in available fuselage aft of the Door 1 cutout in the Tupelo pic of 646, but the patch above on 641 has 10. Did they cut out fuselage from the rear of 646 to use? No they didn't cut the rear fuselage. I'm ...
Jump to postfreakyrat wrote:Is United, while this safety audit is going on, restricted from adding any United Express flights operated by their contracted regional carriers?
Question: I sometimes see UA planes parked at the D gates at SFO terminal 2. Are these United's gates or are they common use? I thought Alaska had most of the D gates at terminal 2 (with Breeze using one occasionally). IIRC AC has gate D14 and D15 UA flies out of D11 and D12 but they do share with ...
Jump to postCourtesy: The Hill JetBlue eliminating service to five cities after failed Spirit Airlines merger https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/4544913-jetblue-eliminating-service-failed-spirit-airlines-merger/ Looks like B6 is also dropping: LAX-SEA/SFO/LAS/MIA (may just be a reduction in flights on L...
Jump to postI see the United admin liking comments about Morocco and more specifically Marrakech, could that be possible ? Possibly...and that would fit with UA's strategy of flying to higher yielding tourist destinations. I'm sort of wondering if this announcement will be: PVG-LAX (as the US just added additi...
Jump to postbgm wrote:airbazar wrote:I don't think travel to Egypt is going to be popular while a full blown war is raging only 200 mi from Cairo.
Yet UA fly to Amman, Jordan. What's your point?
How do (or did) the CR9 figure into scope compliance? I understood (perhaps incorrectly) that UA was limited to 70 or 76 seats in it's regional operation. Thanks in advance. The CR9s were backfill while Mesa (and it sounds like Skywest) trained enough pilots to operate the E175s. The CR9s will star...
Jump to postBingo. That chart was dated 12/31/23 and UAL could have signed those swaps on 01/01/24 and it would not be published in a similar chart until the quarterly release or even a year from now in the next annual report. Is it possible the swaps are already reflected in that chart with the amount of MAX ...
Jump to post880dc8707 wrote:Looks good BUT Air Plus Comet never served JFK
What if United continues the HND or ICN flight to DEL? No business traveler would do that when they can go through EWR or one of the EU JV hubs. West coast business travelers might as it's around 800-1000 miles less to fly SFO-NRT/HND-DEL than to connect via EWR or FRA. When UA had the NRT hub I wa...
Jump to postThat's an interesting point RyanairGuru. Don't forget that apparently UA did not just give WN those 2 gates for free. Apparently UA just got a plum deal from WN that they just couldn't refuse, and some speculated that they were sending DL a message, since they were desperately trying to muscle out ...
Jump to postplanemanofnz wrote:calpsafltskeds wrote:I don't see UA adding HNL -OZ flights early on, but once HNL was upgraded, they could be in the future.
Is HNL included in the UA-NZ JV?
BuzzmeSTL wrote:What are the leading theories as to why UA hasn't resumed SFO-GUM? I believe they flew it pre-Covid.
Some1Somewhere wrote:I think it's actually the sixth stretch, depending on whether you count the -200 as a stretch.
-100
-200, -500, -600
-300, 700, -7
-400
-800, -8
-900, -900ER, -9
-10
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/23/united-ceo-casts-doubt-on-boeing-737-max-10-order.html "United Airlines is weighing fleet plans without the Boeing 737 Max 10 after a series of delays and most recently, the grounding of a smaller variant of the plane, the carrier’s CEO said Tuesday." Kirby...
Jump to postThis was in the UA release: Became the world's largest airline by available seat miles for the full year of 2023. So UA leapfrogged over DL and AA? They did :) UA should also leapfrog AA and DL by a few other metrics this year. By fleet size almost certainly as UA should have 1000+ mainline aircraf...
Jump to post“Fly The Friendly Skies” for “Connecting People, Uniting the World”. You occasionally hear flight and inflight crews saying "Thank you for Flying the Friendly Skies" still but UA's tag line in advertising is not “Connecting People, Uniting the World” it's "Good Leads the Way." h...
Jump to postsailsail wrote:Is anyone getting through to the YouTube link for the NTSB update? I keep updating and refreshing and nothing. I can’t find anything on cable news as well for the press conference.
Has UA grounded the rest of the 7M9 fleet as a precaution? FlightAware shows now UA 7M9's in service at present and even frames put into service before September 2023 appear to be grounded or have scheduled flights cancelled. The FAA put an EAD in effect that grounded the -9's until an inspection i...
Jump to postres77W wrote:I'm booked on a MAX 9 next Friday, the inspections should be done by then?
-Rowen
Upon a quick look at jetBlue's offerings at ORD, I see 2-3 flights a day split between BOS & JFK. Wouldn't they be better off just surrendering their gate at T3 and going over to common use at T5? I count only 4 flights a day for Frontier. Not sure they need dedicated gates either. What will th...
Jump to postI've always wondered if automating the flight deck with an EICAS and ELC, auto start, auto packs and electrics....(items that are on the modern cockpit) were ever in the cards for the Max a/c? If they could update landing gear, why couldn't they update these? I'm sure they could have but that would...
Jump to postOne thing that would help AA or any preferential carrier would be voluntarily accommodate OA's or Alliance partners on their own preferential gates. This would boost their schedule departure utilization rate which is the metric used in comparison to others that hold market share. While everyone is ...
Jump to postFlew in and out of ORD to EGE and each flight was out of terminal 2 in Chicago. Vail used to be a pampered flight for United. Is United putting less importance on Vail or more importance on terminal 2? Taking a look at a few random days ORD-EGE has departed from B, C and E lately. UA took over a fe...
Jump to postI checked in for a flight this evening using the app with no issues. I'd try restarting the app and giving it another go.
Jump to postIt is really interesting to see how many SFO - Europe flights have been added in the past few years. UA will fly SFO - LHR x3, FRA x2, AMS, BCN, ZRH, FCO, and MUC. Compared to ORD which will have ORD - LHR x3, FRA x2, MUC, AMS, ZRH, BCN, SNN, DUB, BRU, and CDG. Only 2 more flights, with 2 of those ...
Jump to postI find it so fascinating how DL struggled with the A310’s range, when Air Transat flew much, much denser A310’s TATL for 20+ years. Perhaps the PA/DL examples had lower MTOW’s? I understand some A310’s were ‘ET’ models - I guess Delta’s weren’t but TS’ were? Beyond 20 years worth of PIPs and MTOW i...
Jump to postUnited787 wrote:Can anyone tell me which tail number was used on UA 1732 from BOS-ORD on 8/8/2023?
bayareapilot wrote:Any updates on Channel 9 for the MAX?
Porter Airlines is starting SFO-YYZ Jan. 25,2024 Full honesty, didn't see that one coming!! Finally some freaking competition on that route. With the UA-AC JV, the fares on YYZ-SFO have been absolutely insane lately. I hope it lasts and I hope AC is humbled by their insane pricing. Wasn't YYZ-SFO c...
Jump to postAbout 5-6 years ago, United was going to do the deal, then EasyJet held on to them. I'm not sure if that backtrack was at EasyJet's insistence or United's, as a change in leadership was underway at UAL. Either way, now, I can't see it happening, years later, with United's massive order book and pub...
Jump to postI noticed today in Flight Status that UA548 was being referred to as a 777-200ER. This seems new. Previously all Polaris equipped 772s were just called “777-200”. UA448 is being called just “777-200.” Both are GE planes with Polaris. I was under the impression all GEs were ERs. Is this wrong? I'm n...
Jump to postFrom the AA fleet thread discussing their 787 delivery schedule: ..."7 in 2024, 4 in 2025, 4 in 2026, plus 15 more in the years after 2026." Anyone have details about United's 787 deliveries scheduled in these years? UA published a chart in April of this year showing 787 deliveries: 8 202...
Jump to postWait? Those two concourses being built are going to be split between AA and UA and respective groups? Not sure about that, because UA is giving up some gates in C and all of its gates in T2 for the construction. In contrast, it appears that AA will lose some gates in G concourse, but not much in co...
Jump to postAnother consideration in Miami could be location. This also might apply to other examples given in this thread. Are Lingus parks at Concourse E, where the Turkish Airlines lounge is. The Admirals Clubs in Miami are on Concourse D and it is quite a hike to the Are Lingus gate. Aer Lingus. God, I hat...
Jump to postCan someone explain to me what the new midfield / global terminal will mean for UA at ORD? How many gates is UA expected to pick up? And are all these “net new” meaning the current B/C gates continue to operate as they are now? And finally what’s the timeline on all this? Doesn’t midfield come firs...
Jump to postAnyone see this, AA ramp cart slams into UA 737 at ORD: https://x.com/xjonnyc/status/1695694189068005742?s=61&t=G_TDFHhmcdcwFEUUYDYbFA Just what UA needs another plane out of service… wonder how long this one will be out for? On the fleet site it says that is 739 aircraft 3425. Why does it say ...
Jump to postUA was not 14/5 = 2.8 times larger than DL on US-China routes pre-covid. Not even close. DL had at least 5.5 daily flights (unsure whether or not ATL-PVG was daily): SEA/DTW-PEK, SEA/DTW/LAX/ATL-PVG. UA had 9.5 (the .5 is SFO-CTU). Mea culpa I did forget that DL added flights to PVG to take advanta...
Jump to postAllocating enough slots to UA to provide for daily service between SFO-PVG/PEK would still allow for AA and DL to offer five weekly flights each to China. Overall that would give them a larger proportion of market share than they had before the pandemic....which is clearly not shutting them out of ...
Jump to postso restoring the status quo to you is letting United have basically all the frequency and allowing them to take all the marketshare away from DL/AA? /quote] I never said UA should have the market to themselves so please don't put words in my mouth. I said the goal right now should be to restore the...
Jump to postThe DOT's goal isn't to restore prior market share, it is to maximize public benefit - not UA's. If these were new slots/route authorities I would agree with you but these flights are simply allowing US carriers to restore pre-existing service. As those flights were cut off by the Chinese and US go...
Jump to postIt would be very surprising for UA to issue a press release like that unless they know for certain they are going to have 14 slots. One possible scenario is that China may have approved additional slots for US carriers beyond the 24 that we know of. I agree that United know's something we don't as ...
Jump to postDL- DTW/SEA-PVG each go from 2x weekly to 4x (4 new slots) UA- SFO-PVG goes from 4x weekly to daily (3 new slots) AA- DFW-PVG goes from 4x weekly to daily (3 new slots) UA- SFO-PEK/PKX returns at 1x weekly. (1 slot) It would be very surprising for UA to issue a press release like that unless they k...
Jump to postbzcat wrote:So TPE-SFO will have 4 carriers and about 2000 seats per day... crazy! It should be the #1 international destination from SFO in terms of seats by a big margin.